Directory.Move Method (String, String, MoveOptions, PathFormat)

DirectoryMove Method (String, String, MoveOptions, PathFormat)

[AlphaFS] Moves a file or a directory and its contents to a new location, MoveOptions can be specified.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0

Syntax

public static void Move(
	string sourcePath,
	string destinationPath,
	MoveOptions moveOptions,
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

Public Shared Sub Move ( 
	sourcePath As String,
	destinationPath As String,
	moveOptions As MoveOptions,
	pathFormat As PathFormat
)

public:
static void Move(
	String^ sourcePath, 
	String^ destinationPath, 
	MoveOptions moveOptions, 
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

static member Move : 
        sourcePath : string * 
        destinationPath : string * 
        moveOptions : MoveOptions * 
        pathFormat : PathFormat -> unit

Parameters

sourcePath: Type: SystemString
The source directory path.
destinationPath: Type: SystemString
The destination directory path.
moveOptions: Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemMoveOptions
MoveOptions that specify how the directory is to be moved. This parameter can be .
pathFormat: Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemPathFormat
Indicates the format of the path parameter(s).

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	Passed when the path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
ArgumentNullException	Passed when path is .
DirectoryNotFoundException	Passed when the directory was not found.
IOException	Passed when an I/O error occurs.
NotSupportedException
UnauthorizedAccessException

Remarks

This method does not work across disk volumes unless moveOptions contains CopyAllowed.

Whenever possible, avoid using short file names (such as XXXXXX~1.XXX) with this method.

If two directories have equivalent short file names then this method may fail and raise an exception and/or result in undesirable behavior.

Reference

Directory Class

Move Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace